I spotted a clothesline like this in Totoro and found it is a traditional Japanese clothesline.
Clothesline on the outskirts of Tokyo, Japan – mid 1950s. Photographer: Gene Amore.
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Etaoin shrdlu
Etaoin shrdlu was used as a “red flag by typesetters to show an error in text, but sometimes it was overlooked and made it into print.” It is the approximate order of frequency of the 12 most commonly used letters in the English language.”
via The Dusty Wheel 20th Anniversary Livestream
